Tech giant Microsoft is in discussions to buy TikTok, the popular social media app known for its short videos. This revelation came from U.S. President Donald Trump, who confirmed that the company is considering a bid.

Trump extended the deadline for TikTok to find new ownership that satisfies the government by 75 days, to early April from January 19. Microsoft declined to comment.

Microsoft is in discussion to buy TikTok for a purported price of $100 billion (£80bn), US President Donald Trump revealed in a conversation with reporters yesterday. Microsoft has declined to comment.

Earlier this week, he unveiled perhaps the most ambitious infrastructure project in history—and all but dedicated it to Sam Altman.

President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app. Microsoft declined to comment. TikTok and ...

Microsoft is in discussions to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations, President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday night. This development comes after Trump temporarily paused a ...

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“President Donald J. Trump’s first full week back in office was the most significant in modern history, punctuated by strong, swift action to correct course after four years of disaster ...

President Donald Trump said Monday evening that Microsoft is among the U.S. companies looking to take control of TikTok to help the popular app avert an effective ban that could kick-in in April.

On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who ran the dark web marketplace Silk Road under the pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts.” Ulbricht has been serving a life sentence without parole since 2015, when he was convicted of multiple charges, including the distribution of narcotics.

Michael Grimes, a top banker at Morgan Stanley, would become the latest leading tech figure to join the Trump administration, as a senior official at the Commerce Department.

On the political landscape, tech made the biggest pivot. Amid threats of heavy regulation and even being broken up under Biden, Silicon Valley has embraced Donald Trump’s administration. The likes of Zuckerberg, Apple’s Tim Cook, Open AI’s Sam Altman and of course Elon Musk, all at the centre of power through last week’s inauguration.